Prevalence of Inguinal Hernia and its Risk factors in adult males admitted to surgical wards of Teaching Hospitals, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Seyoum, Girma(PhD, Associate professor) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.Tekleselasie, Henok(MD, Assistant professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nesru, Abera | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-19T11:13:49Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-29T04:16:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-19T11:13:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-29T04:16:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: An inguinal hernia is defined as the protrusion or passage of a peritoneal sac, with or without abdominal contents, through a weakened part of the abdominal wall in the groin. There are two types of inguinal hernias. In today’s world, the inguinal hernia has a prevalence that is agerelated and raise from 12% at group age 25-34 to 30%-40% above 60 years old. Age, sex, and factors increasing intra-abdominal pressure are among major determinants of inguinal hernia. Objective: To assess the prevalence and identify risk factors of inguinal hernia among adult males admitted to the surgical ward at teaching hospitals, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted through a retrospective record review of patients admitted in government teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa. Randomly selected records of 589 adult male patients admitted to surgical wards in the period of March 2017-February 2019 were included in the study. Medical charts of all adult male patients admitted to surgical wards at the three hospitals were included in the study. Medical chart of patients, which had more than 10% missed variables, lost from record office during data collection, and lacks evidence on essential variables such as date of admission were excluded from the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Bivariate analysis and multiple logistic regression were carried out to determine the effect of independent factors on the development of inguinal hernia. Result: A total of 589 adult male patients’ medical records were reviewed. The patient s’ age range was from 18 to 91 years with the mean and standard deviation of 49.05 and 17.8, respectively. The prevalence of inguinal hernia was 6.5%. Of this, 94.7% of the hernias were primary inguinal hernia. Indirect inguinal hernia was seen in 23 (60.5%) of patients. In this study, it was found that the significantly associated risk factor for the development of inguinal hernia was strenuous work activity. The odds of having inguinal hernia among those with strenuous exercise was 4.083 (95%CI =1.984, 8.403, P<0.001) times higher compared with those who didn’t experience strenuous exercise. Conclusion: The prevalence of inguinal hernia was high compared to reported data in literatures. Strenuous work activity was found to be a significant risk factor for the development of inguinal hernia. Long-time morbidity from this disease condition was found to be common in study population. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/21183 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hernia, prevalence, risk factors, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019 | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence of Inguinal Hernia and its Risk factors in adult males admitted to surgical wards of Teaching Hospitals, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |